While more and more OEMs “courageously” turn their backs on the age-old audio connectivity standard, from Apple to Motorola, HTC and even Razer, a handful of others “cowardly” swim against the tide, allowing their users to retain their classically wired headphones.

At least “for the time being”, CEO Pete Lau and his team of user-adaptable engineers “think it’s best to stick with the headphone jack.” It wasn’t an easy decision, as slimming down the 5T did cross Lau’s mind, but when 70 percent of the “OnePlus community” agreed sound quality came first, all hesitation was cast aside.

Wireless earbuds are simply not good enough, at least not at decent prices, and then there’s the convenience factor. Replacing the 3.5 mm jack with a (second) USB-C port was also not deemed a great option for providing a “noticeably improved experience”, so at the end of the day, OnePlus decided this particular industry trend went against its “core beliefs.”

While we certainly appreciate the explanation, and commend the courage to “respectfully disagree” with the competition “on what it means to be courageous”, we’d love it even more if the OnePlus 5T launched already.

Adrian has had an insatiable passion for writing since he was in school and found himself writing philosophical essays about the meaning of life and the differences between light and dark beer. Later, he realized this was pretty much his only marketable skill, so he first created a personal blog (in Romanian) and then discovered his true calling, which is writing about all things tech (in English).